Rocky De La Fuente 2016 presidential campaign

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Rocky 2016 LLC
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Campaign 2016 United States presidential election
Candidate Rocky De La Fuente
Affiliation Democratic Party
American Delta Party
Reform Party
StatusLost election: November 8, 2016
HeadquartersSan Diego, California [1]
Key peopleSeven Wendroff (campaign treasurer) [1]
Receipts US$7,351,270 (9/30/2016 [1] )
SloganWe The People
Website
rocky2016.com
(archived - November 7, 2016)

Rocky De La Fuente ran a third-party campaign for the presidency of the United States in the 2016 election. De La Fuente had sought the Democratic Party's nomination during their presidential primaries. De La Fuente did not win any delegates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention, but he came in fourth by total votes received. De La Fuente founded the American Delta Party and ran as its presidential nominee with running mate Michael Steinberg. He was also the presidential nominee of the Reform Party, which had ballot access in Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi. [2] He received 33,136 votes in the general election, placing him eighth in the popular vote.

Contents

Democratic primary campaign

Map representing the ballot access of De La Fuente's Democratic Primary campaign
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On primary ballot
On caucus ballot
Write-in
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Map representing the ballot access of De La Fuente's Democratic Primary campaign
  On primary ballot
  On caucus ballot
  Write-in
  Not on ballot
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De La Fuente at the "Lesser-Known Candidates Presidential Forum"

De La Fuente filed his candidacy for President of the United States with the Federal Election Commission as a Democrat. He identified himself as a progressive Democrat. He said that he was inspired to run after becoming dissatisfied with the slate of candidates, especially Donald Trump, whom he accused of alienating large segments of the population. On immigration, De La Fuente supported a path to citizenship and was against the wall proposed by Donald Trump. [3] [4]

De La Fuente subsequently has said that the reason he opted to seek the Democratic nomination, rather than the Republican nomination, is that he hoped that the Democratic primary's smaller field of candidates would make it easier for him to stand out. [5] The Republican party had 17 candidates, more than three times the number of major candidates who sought the Democratic nomination.

Below is a table of the results of primaries in which De La Fuente competed during the Democratic primaries. The total number of votes De La Fuente received can be found in the Votes column. The rank in which De La Fuente came among candidates/ballot options can be found in the Place column.

De La Fuente seen talking to Jorge Ramos at the venue of the Iowa Brown and Black Forum Jorge Ramos & Rocky De La Fuente (24336518035).jpg
De La Fuente seen talking to Jorge Ramos at the venue of the Iowa Brown and Black Forum
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A car decorated to advertise Rocky's campaign during the Democratic Primaries
Primaries and Caucus Results
DateContestVotesPercentPlaceSources
Feb 9 New Hampshire primary 960.04%8th of 28 [6] [7]
March 1 Alabama primary 8180.20%4th [8] [9]
American Samoan caucus 145.91%3rd [10]
Arkansas primary 1,6840.76%6th [11] [12]
Massachusetts primary 1,5450.13%4th [13] [14]
Minnesota caucus 530.03%4th [15]
Oklahoma primary 2,4850.74%7th [16] [17]
Texas primary 8,4290.59%3rd of 8 [18] [19]
March 1–8 Democrats Abroad primary 60.02%4th [20]
March 2 Vermont primary 940.06%4th [21] [22]
March 5 Louisiana primary 1,3410.43%8th of 10 [23] [24]
March 8 Michigan primary 8700.07%4th [25] [26]
Mississippi primary 4810.21%5th [27] [28]
March 15 Illinois primary 1,8020.09%6th [29] [30]
Missouri primary 3450.05%6th of 9 [31] [32]
North Carolina primary 3,3760.30%4th [33] [34]
Ohio primary 9,4020.76%3rd [35] [36]
March 22 Arizona primary 2,7970.60%4th of 6 [37] [38]
Idaho caucus 40.02%3rd [39] [40]
Utah caucus 220.03%3rd [41] [42]
March 26 Alaskan caucus 10.01%3rd [43] [44]
Hawaiian caucus 120.04%3rd [45] [46]
April 5 Wisconsin primary A 180.00%4th [47]
April 26 Connecticut primary 9600.29%3rd [48] [49]
Delaware primary 1,0241.09%3rd [50] [51]
Maryland primary 3,5820.39%3rd [52] [53]
Pennsylvania primary 14,4390.86%3rd [54] [55]
Rhode Island primary 1450.12%4th [56] [57]
May 10 West Virginia primary 10100.40%6th [58] [59]
May 17 Kentucky primary 1,5940.35%4th [60] [61]
June 5 Puerto Rico caucus 3910.44%3rd [62]
June 7 California primary 8,4530.16%5th of 7 [63] [64]
June 14 D.C. primary 2130.22%3rd [65] [66]
Total67,4570.22%3rd of 33 [67]
A. ^ As a write-in.

Polls

De La Fuente was almost entirely excluded from polling for the Democratic Primary. However, he was included in three statewide polls. [68]

Texas Democratic Primary

University of Texas / Texas Tribune poll
(February 12–19, 2016) [68]
CandidatePercent
Rocky De La Fuente1%
Hillary Clinton 54%
Bernie Sanders 44%
Martin O'Malley [a] 1%
Willie Wilson 1%
Star Locke0%
Keith Judd 0%
Calvin Hawes0%
Sample: 324 LV
Margin of error: 5.99%
  1. Martin O'Malley had already dropped-out of the race, having suspended his campaign on February 1, 2016.

North Carolina Democratic Primary

High Point University
(January 30-February 4, 2016) [68]
CandidatePercent
Rocky De La Fuente0%
Hillary Clinton55%
Bernie Sanders29%
Martin O'Malley [a] 1%
Don't Know/Refused15%
Sample: 478 LV
Margin of error: 4.5%
  1. Martin O'Malley dropped-out during the period in which this poll was conducted, suspending his campaign on February 1, 2016.

New Hampshire Democratic Primary

Suffolk University poll
(January 19–21, 2016) [68]
CandidateNumber of
respondents
Percent
Rocky De La Fuente10%
Bernie Sanders 25050%
Hillary Clinton 20741%
Undecided326%
Martin O'Malley 92%
Other10%
Total500100%
Sample: 500 LV
Margin of error: 4.4%

    Third-party general election campaign

    American Delta Party

    American Delta Party
    AbbreviationADP
    Founder Rocky De La Fuente
    Founded2016;9 years ago (2016)
    Membership (June 1, 2017)731 (Delaware) [69]
    Ideology Social progressivism
    Fiscal responsibility
    Electoral reform
    Political position Center
    Seats in the Senate
    0 / 100
    Seats in the House
    0 / 435
    Governorships
    0 / 50
    State upper house seats
    0 / 1,972
    State lower house seats
    0 / 5,411
    Website
    americandeltaparty.org
    Ballot access for the American Delta and Reform Party
On ballot
Lawsuit pending
Write-in
Not on ballot Rocky De La Fuente 2016 general election ballot access.svg
    Ballot access for the American Delta and Reform Party
      On ballot
      Lawsuit pending
      Write-in
      Not on ballot

    De La Fuente founded the American Delta Party leaving United out of its name as a vehicle to continue his campaign into the general election as a third-party candidate. [70] [71] [72] He was nominated as the party's presidential nominee. His running mate was Michael Steinberg of Florida. [73] On August 8, 2016, De La Fuente was named as the presidential nominee of the Reform Party. [74]

    American Delta Party held its national convention on September 1, 2016, in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, and nominated Rocky De La Fuente to run in the United States presidential election representing his party. De La Fuente chose Michael Steinberg as his running mate.

    Qualifications

    De La Fuente gained ballot access to 147 electoral votes in 20 states (Alaska, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Wyoming). [75] He qualified as a write-in candidate in Arizona, California, Delaware, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, New York, Washington, and West Virginia. [76] [77] [78] [79]

    Debates and forums

    During his campaign for Democratic nomination, De La Fuente was not invited to any of the Democratic Party forums and debates. De La Fuente also did not qualify for any of the presidential debates sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates. De La Fuente, however, was invited to and participated in the 2016 Free & Equal Elections debate.

    After coming in fourth and winning no delegates in the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries and after founding the American Delta Party as a vehicle to run for president of the United States with his running mate Michael Steinberg and as he lacked ballot access to the larger states, on October 25, 2016, he participated in a debate hosted by the Free & Equal Elections Foundation and debated against the Constitution Party candidate Darrell Castle and the Party for Socialism and Liberation candidate Gloria LaRiva. [80]

    Polls

    De La Fuente's general election campaign was included in very few polls.

    Nevada - Five-way race

    Poll sourceDate administeredDelta% Democrat % Republican % Libertarian % IAPN (Constitution)%Lead marginSample sizeMargin of error
    Suffolk [81] September 27–29, 2016Rocky De La Fuente1% Hillary Clinton 44% Donald Trump 38% Gary Johnson 7%Darrell Castle1%6500± 4.4%
    Suffolk [82] [83] [84] August 15–17, 2016Rocky De La Fuente1% Hillary Clinton 43.8% Donald Trump 41.6% Gary Johnson 4.8%Darrell Castle1%2.2500± 4.4%

    Election results

    De La Fuente received 33,136 votes in the general election, earning him 0.02% of the total popular vote. He failed to win any electoral votes. In the popular vote De La Fuente placed eighth overall, behind the Democratic Party's Hillary Clinton, Republican Party's Donald Trump, Libertarian Party's Gary Johnson, Green Party's Jill Stein, independent Evan McMullin, Constitution Party's Darrell Castle, and Party for Socialism and Liberation's Gloria La Riva. [85] [86]

    De La Fuente received more votes than any Reform Party presidential nominee since Ralph Nader's 2004 campaign.

    Electoral results
    Presidential candidatePartyHome statePopular voteElectoral
    vote
    Running mate
    CountPercentageVice-presidential candidateHome stateElectoral vote
    Donald Trump Republican New York 62,984,82546.09%304 Mike Pence Indiana 304
    Hillary Rodham Clinton Democratic New York 65,853,51648.18%227 Tim Kaine Virginia 227
    Gary Johnson Libertarian New Mexico 4,489,2213.28%0 Bill Weld Massachusetts 0
    Jill Stein Green Massachusetts 1,457,2161.07%0 Ajamu Baraka Illinois 0
    Evan McMullin Independent Utah 731,7880.54%0 Mindy Finn District of Columbia 0
    Darrell Castle Constitution Tennessee 203,0100.15%0 Scott Bradley Utah 0
    Rocky De La Fuente American Delta Party & Reform Party California 33,1360.02%0 Michael Steinberg Florida 0
    Other736,4500.53%Other
    Total131,313,820100%538538
    Needed to win270270

    Recount effort

    On November 30 (in response to Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein's efforts to request recounts in Wisconsin and several other states which Donald Trump won) De La Fuente requested a partial-recount in Nevada (a state which Hillary Clinton won). He considered this effort to be a "counterbalance" at Stein's efforts. De La Fuente paid the $14,000 that was required for him to request for a recount to be held in a sample from 5% of state-precincts. Nevada's partial-recount was completed December 8, finding no significant discrepancies. [87] [88] [89] [90]

    Campaign finances

    Detailed below are the financial statements filled with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) of Rocky 2016 LLC as of November 28, 2016. [91]

    Receipts
    Financial SourceAmount (USD)
    Federal Funds$0
    Itemized Individual Contributions$13,156
    Unitemized Individual Contributions$3,887
    Total Individual Contributions$17,043
    Party Committees Contributions$0
    Other Committees Contributions$0
    Candidate Contributions$0
    Total Contributions$17,043
    Transfers from Authorized Committees$0
    Candidate Loans$7,855,009
    Other Loans$0
    Total Loans$7,855,009
    Offsets to Operating Expenditures$0
    Fundraising Offsets$0
    Legal and Accounting Offsets$0
    Total Offsets$0
    Other Receipts$0
    Total Receipts$7,855,009
    Disbursements
    DisbursementsAmount (USD)
    Operating Expenditures$4,337,137
    Transfers To Authorized Committees$0
    Fundraising$3,146,674
    Exempt Legal and Accounting$385,982
    Candidate Loan Repayments$0
    Other Loan Repayments$0
    Individual Contribution Refunds$0
    Political Party Contribution Refunds$0
    Other Committee Contribution Refunds$0
    Other Disbursements$0
    Total Disbursements$7,869,794
    Cash Summary
    CategoryAmount (USD)
    Beginning Cash On Hand$0
    Current Cash On Hand$2,257
    Net Contributions$17,043
    Net Operating Expenditures$4,339,360
    Debts/Loans Owed By Campaign$7,855,009
    Debts/Loans Owed To Campaign$0

    Endorsements

    Activists

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